How to Use gory in a Sentence

gory

adjective
  • Fake body parts are the perfect props for this gory scene.
    Kiona Smith-Strickland, Popular Mechanics, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The store has a kid-friendly area in the front, and displays a gorier scene in the back for teens and adults.
    Jessie Spangler, Aurora Beacon-News, 6 July 2018
  • No gory horror film stacks up to the terror of the real thing.
    Lincoln Michel, GQ, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Would-be buyers are even more spooked by the idea of residing in places where the death was gory.
    Lew Sichelman | Andrews McMeel Syndication, courant.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • But there’s despair in the gory play-to-play details on offense.
    Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 3 Nov. 2019
  • This film is the longest in the series, and seems to contain the most frequent and goriest kills.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Bad smells and dripping blood from the truck led to the neighbors’ gory discovery.
    Juan Montes, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2018
  • To me, that’s important, not super gory stuff, but it’s fun to be scared.
    Jessie Spangler, Aurora Beacon-News, 6 July 2018
  • Jones is one of these shoppers, but the gory scene almost turns her stomach.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2019
  • As in previous projects about her life, Tina doesn’t skimp on the gory details of what came next.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Looking for the gory details of the Phillies’ season-opening loss?
    Bob Brookover, Philly.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Yeah, Parasite gets pretty damn gory, but only at the end of the film.
    Lia Beck, refinery29.com, 10 Feb. 2020
  • This is only the beginning of the gory drama that will play out over the next couple of hours in this space.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 16 Mar. 2022
  • This is only the beginning of the gory drama that will play out in this space over the next couple of hours.
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Green’s murder had been staged; a can of Campbell’s soup, no less, was used for gory effect.
    Nick Bilton, The Hive, 19 June 2017
  • The result is gripping, suspenseful, and, frankly, bloody and gory.
    Eva Holland, Outside Online, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The problem is less the drills themselves than the gory and senseless manner in which they are conducted.
    John Hirschauer, National Review, 24 Oct. 2019
  • The backdrop of the glistening Mediterranean adds a special (less gory) touch.
    Gemma Askham, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Then there’s the history of big crashes there, which is both too long and too gory to try to capture in a few paragraphs.
    Brendan Marks, charlotteobserver, 11 Oct. 2017
  • In the gorgeous, gory tableau, the dying ruler appeared trapped at the center of a bloody web, as though tethered there by entrails.
    Andrea Simakis, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2019
  • At this time of year, we're inundated with horror films that, frankly, are just too gory to show our kids.
    Meghann Foye, Redbook, 29 Oct. 2014
  • The action here is crisp and at times extremely gory, in a way that makes very clear -- or should -- that this isn't intended for kids.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 24 Mar. 2021
  • The range will include outfits and ideas that will could be clever, quaint, creepy or gory, simple or elaborate or some mix of all the above.
    Peter Dawson, Houston Chronicle, 24 Oct. 2019
  • This pumpkin look is ideal for those who prefer to stay away from gory Halloween decor.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 20 June 2023
  • And remember, scammers don't walk around in gory masks with fake blood dripping off their teeth.
    Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2017
  • The film is gory, with revenge through bloodshed an important theme.
    Justin Barrasso, SI.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Sometimes a blast can amputate part of a limb or gunshots can produce a gory scene.
    Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Since this month is Halloween, the category is: scary, gory, but easy to replicate.
    Sarah Novio, Teen Vogue, 28 Oct. 2019
  • But Spielberg won that war pretty decisively in ‘81 with the goriest of mic drops.
    A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 3 July 2023
  • The leader of the Cenobites can only invade Earth if the box is opened, but his attacks are some of the goriest captured on film: Metal hooks linked to chains obey Pinhead's commands and rend the flesh from his victims!
    Steven Thrash, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2023

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